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should not hazard the welfare of the organs that are im- 

 mediately interested in this disease, nor those that sym- 

 pathise with them, by giving an over dose, or too 

 powerful an astringent to commence with, not until we 

 have paved the way for it, which might cause inflam- 

 mation, or even mortification to set in, that would be as 

 certain to produce death as the disease that we were 

 contending with. But we should stop the progress of 

 this disease by first restoring the organs aflfected, and 

 keep on with a steady and persevering course of medi- 

 cine until the object is accomplished. 



Cure. — In common diarrhoea, or gentle purging, 

 drench the horse several times in course of the day with 

 tea made by steeping the leaves of the red raspberry, 

 strawberry and sage, about equal parts; this cleanses the 

 stomach and bowels of the canker that is in them. Then 

 give a dose of laudanum, peppermint essence and spirits 

 of camphor, about one ounce of each — this will regulate 

 the stomach and correct the bile, which will help to 

 check the scouring, and is good for fever or inflamma- 

 tion. This medicine may be repeated once in five or six 

 hours, or followed by giving a quart of the decoction of 

 the inner bark of hemlock. 



In dysentery we sometimes see the canker, mixed with 

 blood, come along with the excrement, which is the 

 scourings of the inner coatings of the intestines. If 

 this is not stopped immediately, I think it would be easy 

 to judge of the consequences. After cleansing the 

 bowels of this canker, by drenching the horse with the 

 cheap and reliable drench, given in recipes, or by giving 



